by Goonerfromafrica » Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:38 am
If he plays anything like he did against Rangers yesterday, he is honestly more of a liability than anything for us, and I would prefer if he didn't play at all. The guy literally just goes through the motions, he does not express any attacking intent or creativity. This isn't to say that it's not there. He definitely has such in his locker. But when your goal is to act like you are doing something, and not to actually do something, that becomes easily visible. His predictability sickens me, and it hurts our attacking movement. This is not even to mention how his laziness actually prevents us from moving forward. On more than one occasion in yesterday's match we were actually blocked by Willian in building attacking motions ... in build up we reach his wing and he does not make a sprint wide or forward - this literally serves to prevent our chances of crafting out a solid chance. Even our lovely lethargic Bellerin was expecting these kinds of runs, and misplaced a pass because of the confusion in expectations. Making such runs cannot be that hard, and it all comes down to whether winning matters at all to Willian at this stage, which does not seem to be the case. I don't want to believe that Willian is such a vile and plastic footballer but he is not giving me any reason to think otherwise. Karma ought to get him for so easily forgetting the passion that drove him to such highs. I don't even want to talk about the salary expectation he pushed for Inter Miami.